§ Mrs. Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity whether, in the light of the report of her advisory committee on the index of retail prices, she will now give further consideration to the setting up of a separate prices board for Scotland.
§ Mr. HattersleyI have nothing to add to my right hon. Friend's reply on 13th May to the hon. Member for Halifax (Dr. Summerskill) on the subject of separate prices boards.
As the hon. Member will know, we are, in accordance with the recommendation of the Cost of Living Advisory Committee, published earlier this month, putting in hand immediately a detailed study of the technical problems of compiling reliable price indices for regions. —[Vol. 764, c. 842–3.]